Botleys Mansion

The Venue

Botleys Mansion is an 18th century Grade II listed Palladian style Mansion House originally built in 1765.

In 1995 a major fire destroyed many of the features and it was totally renovated under the watchful eye of English Heritage into the European HQ for EDS but as a showcase also to look and perform like a country house. A number of specialist companies with experience in grade II refurbishment were drafted in for the £6.5million project. Companies who were involved in the Windsor Castle restoration were used for restoration of the wood and the gold leaf. An 18th Century building historian was contracted to advise on aspects of the decor such as the chandeliers and the wall-coverings, which were all hand-painted with period designs unique for the building.

Just acquired by Bijou Wedding Venues, the1st floor of the building will be transformed into a dozen bedroom suites with the principal one being a grand Bridal Suite.

The building will then truly be a grand home again with the beautiful reception rooms now being used as designed for entertaining (and Civil Ceremonies), a grand Banqueting Hall for your Wedding Breakfast and the superb bedrooms for you and your closest friends and family.

Botleys Mansion will open for viewings in late September 2009 and be ready to host its first wedding in December this year (with some of the bedrooms ready) and all twelve bedrooms will be completed by Spring 2010 in time for the main wedding season.

Another unique venue by Bijou Wedding Venues - yours for your wedding day.

Bijou Weddings

We specialise in Weddings! Our venues have been chosen to provide the perfect environment in which to host a wedding but, more than that, our teams are hugely experienced and will ensure a perfect Day.

When you choose a Bijou Wedding Venue you will know that:

• We have a team of Wedding Administrators who will assist you in planning the detail of the day. They, with you, will develop a detailed timetable for the Day to ensure a perfect flow.
• We have a team of Banqueting Chefs who will produce perfect food, on site, for your guests to admire and enjoy.
• We have a team of Wedding Day Managers supported by highly trained teams of waiters and waitresses who will ensure that everything on the day goes to plan - with style and pleasure!
• Your Wedding Day will be exclusive and special to you and will be remembered by all as a terrific day.

Venue Availability

A Bijou Wedding Venue is perfect on your Day.

We take great pride in our venues; these are not austere, damp or cold stately homes or barns in farmyards but are "millionaires" homes. It is difficult to describe the special nature of a Bijou Wedding Venue - some say you will feel like 'Lord and Lady of the Manor'.

We will not compromise the standard of our service or the quality of the venues or food. Each venue is limited to doing a maximum of 120 weddings a year to enable us to give the houses the care and attention that they need to remain at their best.

Le Bijou Cuisine

The food and wine served at a Bijou Wedding Venue is under the strict direction of Le Bijou Cuisine. We do not accept external caterers, except perhaps on very limited occasions and for very special reasons, as we will not allow any food to be served at a Bijou Wedding Venue which is anything other than exceptional.

Each venue has its own resident chef but he/she is a key member of the Bijou Cuisine team. Sharing their experience, our chefs design our menus to ensure that the look, taste and delivery of our canapés, banquets and evening buffets are uncompromisingly excellent for weddings from 30 to 200. Our equipment is some of the best banqueting equipment available.

Our food suppliers are carefully chosen not for the lowest price but for the best quality and reliability. Our wines are sourced likewise to provide good quality easy drinking wines which complement our menus.

This is entertaining as it should be.